Theme
Gratitude
Thankfulness and appreciating what you have.
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“A grateful mind is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the other virtues”
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has”
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder”
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks”
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
“The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter”
“Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others”
“He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing”
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need”
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Commonly shared about gratitude — but misattributed
Popular gratitude lines that get pinned on the wrong name. If you use one, credit it correctly.
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”
ReallyBenjamin Franklin · not Benjamin Franklin
“Comparison is the thief of joy”
ReallyUnknown — an anonymous modern aphorism · not C.S. Lewis
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened”
ReallyLudwig Jacobowski · not Dr. Seuss
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things”
ReallyRobert Brault · not Kurt Vonnegut
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”
ReallyGeorges Duhamel · not Dr. Seuss
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry”
ReallyYiddish (Jewish) folk proverb · not William Shakespeare
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love”
ReallyElbert Hubbard · not Marcus Aurelius